The Councillor for Education, Francisco Montiel, and the Minister of Education of the CARM, Isabel Sanchez-Mora, visited the school special education Pilar Soubrier, reference center in the whole region of Guadalentín serving 155 students in 25 units, to mark the start of the school year
The Councillor for Education of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, and the Minister of Education of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, María Isabel Sanchez-Mora, visited several schools in the city to mark the start of the school year.
The Ministry of Education and Universities reinforces the attention to diversity in the course 2016/17 with increased resources and educational programs to improve the quality of care to pupils with special educational needs.
Sanchez-Mora announced "the launch of a new open classroom secondary school in the municipality Lorca, whose location is being decided by the technicians of the Ministry. In this way, the region already has 94 open classrooms. In addition, this school year the number of centers that have specialized health care. Thus, the two schools have had professional nursing course 2015-2016, one in Murcia and another in Molina de Segura, CEIP La bind Watchtower CEIP Cartagena and San Fernando de Lorca. to them an annual investment of 120,000 euros is intended ".
The Minister of Education explained that this type of resource "is aimed at a group of students whose educational integration presented so far difficulties in the centers by the severity of his health, which requires constant care and continued by skilled health personnel during the school day. "
Isabel Sanchez-Mora has pointed out, among other actions for attention to diversity, "this course is also the program of therapeutic classrooms consolidates to serve students with severe behavioral problems, with an annual investment of 170,000 euros. For prevention, monitoring and control of absenteeism and early school leaving 207,000 euros will be invested for grants to municipalities, in addition to the offer of 11 vocational centers ".
Finally, in this area, the Ministry allocates more than 1 million euros for grants to associations full inclusion of students with special educational needs.
Regarding the return to classrooms today they have returned to their classes a total of 15,573 students in the municipalities of Lorca and Bullas Torre Pacheco.
The next Monday, September 12, will be the last day students and Primary incorporated, with 833 of Calasparra.
Visit to Pilar Soubrier
The Minister of Education and Universities, Maria Isabel Sanchez-Mora, visited today the center of Special Education Pilar Soubrier of Lorca, a public school of reference in all the region of Guadalentín serving 155 students in 25 units, 8 of Primary Education, 8 Secondary 6 Transition to adult Life and 2 Vocational Training.
Pillar Soubrier has a staff of 33 teachers, five physiotherapists and 28 assistants educational technicians working under the principles of autonomy, inclusion, standardization, development of personal relationships and job training.
Its facilities include dining facilities and residence.
This school is also Resource Center, offering collaboration to professionals who cater to students with special educational needs and offering human and material resources to strengthen the inclusive school model.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca